Hence he was still weak. Plus, there were many more mysterious things out there. Him being strong, and having a lot of Talents, did not mean he was invincible. As for these guys, he was not afraid of them. Roy and Beatrice were too innocent at the moment. Anabella was too much of a pushover and a coward. The only ones he was wary of, would be Joe and Adolf. And even then, Joe saw how powerful he was, and would tread carefully. But Adolf was a different case altogether. And speaking of these two, they were still on their last breathe. Joe had helped Adolf stop his bleeding, and as for himself, he was partially fine. "...Guess I can't help it." He stood up and went to the both of them. 'I'll just heal them up a bit, and make it seem like an arduous process.' He thought. The moment he moved, the two kids flinched back slightly, but unlike Anabella, their fear of him was not that exaggerated. Roy had hints admiration within his fear. And Beatrice, she still could not understand how s
Even Anabella was aware of that small fact. The reason everyone was recovering so fast, was probably thanks to him. She thought. To them, there was nothing Jason could not do. Run faster? Exert greater strength? Release fire? Manipulate force. Or even teleportation. He did them all. Now include healing to that list. "Is that so?" He took in everything with a poker expression. Anabella nodded, then stood up to leave. She had also told him that they were back at the Safe Zone, hence he should not worry. Joe watched her move away, until she was out of his vision. He then faced up, for there was nothing else he could do at the moment. His body was still in great demand of repairs. Especially so, when he felt his energy take its time to refill itself right now. 'How can we increase the rate of us healing faster?' He thought, closing his eyes to take yet another rest. 'Maybe... that boy will surprise me once more...' Meanwhile, just as Anabella left Joe, she went to sit besides the chi
The process went on for another two hours. During the time, Anabella went up and down, trying to ask around for food. Unfortunately, she had nothing to trade with. A few people had fruits they found within the forest. Some even had more than they could chew for now. But decided to save them up for later. Even if they would rot, they were unwilling to share. She ultimately returned in defeat. "No hope?" Jason asked as he lay down for another 'rest'. He had mended Joe and Adolf's wounds six times during the two hours. Once every twenty minutes. By now, Joe was close to being perfectly healed. He was able to stand up, and even moving around. Do light exercises, and a light jog. But still had to fix a few internal problems. Meanwhile, Adolf was still unconscious. He was healed for the most part. His wound closed up, and his complexion was close to being ruddy. But still unconscious. They tried waking him up, but he seems to be in some sort of coma. Which was strange. Jadon used [Deci
'Damn, my stats are beyond the roof. I doubt I could physically lose against any Rank 3 or below.' Jason reviewed his Template right after walking out of the Safe Zone's barrier. It was now habitual to check his Template after every battle. Or after a long period of time. Just to see his progress, and also to plan how he would play his moves later. For now, he had more than enough Stamina, and Intelligence. They were quite high for his Rank. From his deduction, the average stats of Rank 7 should cap up at 80 points. And his other three stats, barely made it to the low levels of this Rank. Hence he was not arrogant. The last time he was, it led to the whole Zombie chase situation, then ultimately meeting that terrifying shadow. 'I don't want to go through that ever again. Not in a lifetime. So from now on, until i can confidently take on a Rank 7, I'm not strong enough.' He thought to himself, taking charge and leading the team forward. Joe stayed behind, and watched over the team
Ten minutes later, everyone was back on track. Jason had somehow managed to calm down Beatrice, who was now too embarrassed to even raise up her head. Meanwhile, Jason himself did not mind the whole experience. Just that after holding her in his arms for a while, he subconsciously felt more closer to her. But more importantly, 'God actually exists? Well I don't have any right to not believe in his existence pertaining to my circumstances back home. But still, this opens up more of my belief in him.' 'As well as those gods from myths and other religions. And speaking about them, and other paranormal things... does that mean mom is actually not actually crazy?' '...Holy shit. If that's true, then those things that she saw... those things that haunt me in my dreams... she was not actually lying?' Jason's thoughts clouded his mind in darkness. The multiple theories and conclusions he previously came to as a child, were proven right and wrong. The most frightening one being proven righ
Jason envisioned the Safe Zone, especially the small area they had been recuperating at before they left. It was a simple place, not requiring much brain cells. Yet he could not help but frown in dissatisfaction, as he felt like he could not teleport no matter what he did. 'What's going on? Why isn't it working?' He suddenly panicked, and held his breathe in anxiety. Joe was getting anxious and hurriedly urged, "Come on. Let's go. Now!!" Jason's nerves were roughly pulled, and he snapped back, "Like Hell!! I'm trying to do that." Joe asked back, "Then why are we still here?!" "I don't know okay?! I don't fucking know. I'm not God, or Jesus man. My Talent isn't working." He snapped, but forcefully calmed down his nerves, amidst his words. The creature was still staring at them, it's head of flames flickering in and out of existence. Like red tongues trying to taste the air in shyness, and retreating rapidly. Jason tried his best to ignore his fear, and then turned his eyes towards
While at the back, unbeknownst to him, the mist was increasing in speed, as if it could tell that its target was running away. 'At this point, I might just do another suicidal dive.' Jason thought, duplicating himself into two, then each duplicate jumping towards the two sides of the road. At the same time, each used 15% of his total stamina reserves, and activated the all powerful [Omni-Combustion(A)] Talent. One that even he felt was a bit too devastating. Just its boost alone was a whooping 1000% of INT. Combined with those from the previously combined fire type Talents, and the resonating effect, it was a boost of 1500% of his INT. The damage alone would be devastating. It should be. He thought, each duplicate using itself as bait to lure most of the creatures towards them. The creatures immediately swarmed him. Tens of them pounced on him, like tigers going in for the sure kill. The duplicates did not retreat as well, and flew into their opens arms. Then countless blades sun
And it gave him the impression that, 'It got faster. And it's still getting faster..!!' Jason thought, subconsciously toning down the blue flames from his hands. And to his surprise, the mist slowed down. 'Huh?' Not only him. Even Joe had realized that something was amiss with the incoming mist. "It's as if it's pulled towards your flames. Or towards light in particular." Joe said his assessment. Jason nodded in silence. Unfortunately, he could not stop summoning these flames. Unless the numerous Bladewalkers behind the flames would swarm them to death. 'It's a do or die situation again. All our lives depend on the speed of that duplicate.' He thought, and then inquired all of a sudden. "How many of you have met the requirements to Rank Up?" The others were jolted out of their state of fear and despair. They looked up and answered one by one. Anabella being the first. "I have met mine." Beatrice followed, "Me too." Roy as well. Joe himself helplessly shook his head, "I was Rank 1